Best broody hen breed?

[Kabootar]

She looks like one I have here, they could be sisters but yours has heavier brow.

This color seems quite common among Aseels.

This hen is magnificent. Outstanding quality. Much thanks for sharing pictures of your birds sir.

This is her second clutch this year and it is still May.
They are finest mothers but I think they are not cute like silkies, buff Orpington or Cochins may be that's why people don't like them. In my opinion however they are beautiful in their own way. They are very personable too.
I don't know much about different strains of these birds I keep them mostly because they are dependable broodies and I kind of like their personality too, they are full of personality. I personally don't like cock fights and it's illegal in India even though people don't care about it much. Here is my home breed rooster not yet a year old he decided to stay with us in our home. His father was yellow and mother was a dark brown, very good hen. I sold her and other chicks because I decided to keep him for breeding, I don't want inbreeding. However hens seem to prefer mature males so we are not yet using him but most probably I will let him breed during the monsoon.

 

[varidgerunner]

This color seems quite common among Aseels.

This is her second clutch this year and it is still May.
They are finest mothers but I think they are not cute like silkies, buff Orpington or Cochins may be that's why people don't like them. In my opinion however they are beautiful in their own way. They are very personable too.
I don't know much about different strains of these birds I keep them mostly because they are dependable broodies and I kind of like their personality too, they are fool of personality. I personally don't like cock fights and it's illegal in India even though people don't care about it much. Here is my home breed rooster not yet a year old he decided to stay with us in our home. His father was yellow and mother was a dark brown, very good hen. I sold her and other chicks because I decided to keep him for breeding, I don't want inbreeding. However hens seem to prefer mature males so we are not yet using him but most probably I will let him breed during the monsoon.View attachment 1382471

They are beautiful, what a chicken should be. You are right about the personality, and yes, the hen chooses the rooster.

 

[varidgerunner]

Few people realize, the asil gave the wyandotte it's colors, through the Chitagong (just a big asil). Have had crossbred birds, (yard hatched from mixed parentage) that looked like the one above, and have had people insist that they were wyandotte. I finally took a hint and got some wyandottes and used asil to improve wyandotte coloration, ha ha.

 

[varidgerunner]

This is my old "skunk thumper" hen and the skunk she beat up for trying to mess with her babies. Poor thing was cowering in the corner when I got there. I finished it and she was ready to take me on in the dark. She will let you mess with her chicks, if she knows you. I have some that will peck your eyes out when the chicks are young.

 

[Kabootar]

This is my old "skunk thumper" hen and the skunk she beat up for trying to mess with her babies. Poor thing was cowering in the corner when I got there. I finished it and she was ready to take me on in the dark. She will let you mess with her chicks, if she knows you. I have some that will peck your eyes out when the chicks are young.

Beautiful brave bird you have you can always bet on them for protectiveness. few of my hens have a similar colored hackle. It seems like you are really an expert on chicken genetics. I am sure you are breeding some excellent birds in USA, You sound so experienced.
Have you noticed Aseel hens brood their chicks longer than other breeds? I have seen my hens spreading their wings and trying to hide chicks more than half her size. Have you noticed this?

 

[varidgerunner]

I owe all of my experience to great teachers. Learned everything I know about what a chicken is supposed to be from aseels. I have noticed that they brood their chicks "smarter than other breeds. In hot weather they might start driving chicks away at five weeks, weaning them from being brooded, in preparation for a new clutch.In cooler weather, they might brood a late clutch through the winter until they are quite large. It has to do with whether she starts laying or wants to. I have raised turkeys under them before, that is pretty comical.

 

[annagoodspeed]

Interesting that the Wyandotte is related to the Asil. My best mothers are two Partridge Wyandottes. They are sharing an incubated brood right now. One was brooding, I took a day old chick out to her in the middle of the day and showed it to her, she just raised her wing and said sure! so I put the rest under her. The second went broody right next to her spot about that time, and after a couple days decided to help out.
Last year one of them adopted some three week old chicks.

The new Swedish Black pullet laid a ton of eggs, when I found her clutch I marked the ones there and pulled the new ones for the incubator. She proceeded to set on the older ones and hatched out most of them.
The chicks seem so much healthier and happier than indoor chicks.

 

[rum3002576]

anyone have any for sale her in the USA?

 

[varidgerunner]

anyone have any for sale her in the USA?

All kinds of them, some better than others. As asils tend to be aggressive toward strange birds, people don't tend to keep a lot. The ones they keep tend to be penned separately. Since you can't go down and pick them up at the feed store, people tends to keep a whole clutch of chicks until mature to make picks for replacements. They tend to lay 12 eggs and sit, so hatching eggs aren't a real viable option. Shipped chicks would probably kill each other in transit without a hen to keep peace. For these reasons, you will have to buy adults, or at least young started birds, say spring hatched birds in the fall. These things seem to put people off, they just don't understand. The price holds people off, too. The hatchery versions are $25 for a day old chick, a real one from a breeder will run you a hundred at least. (The economy here is that for a hatchery bird, the cost is about equivalent to the percentage of pure asil in that bird, ha ha) But this is a bird that will raise you hundreds of chicks and be your best friend for 10 or 15 years.

 

[Kabootar]

All kinds of them, some better than others. As asils tend to be aggressive toward strange birds, people don't tend to keep a lot. The ones they keep tend to be penned separately. Since you can't go down and pick them up at the feed store, people tends to keep a whole clutch of chicks until mature to make picks for replacements. They tend to lay 12 eggs and sit, so hatching eggs aren't a real viable option. Shipped chicks would probably kill each other in transit without a hen to keep peace. For these reasons, you will have to buy adults, or at least young started birds, say spring hatched birds in the fall. These things seem to put people off, they just don't understand. The price holds people off, too. The hatchery versions are $25 for a day old chick, a real one from a breeder will run you a hundred at least. (The economy here is that for a hatchery bird, the cost is about equivalent to the percentage of pure asil in that bird, ha ha) But this is a bird that will raise you hundreds of chicks and be your best friend for 10 or 15 years.

I will like to add that they are also highly sought after birds, it is very easy to sell or rehome them and they can be kept with other poultry conditions applied.